About this Event
Owning Shakespeare is an intensive, fast-paced, practical series of lab sessions exploring Shakespearean text work for performance, from multi-award-winning Shakespeare director, actor and practitioner, Rob Myles. Tools not rules, to deliver transformative performances with confidence.
Dates: June 24-28 2024
Location: Theatre Deli, London
Spaces: minimum 6, maximum 10
Cost: £250
MONDAY
AM: Forensic linguistics - getting a solid basis in the rhythm and aural quality of the language at the granular level, before emphasising the exploration of Shakespeare's unique rhythmic variations. Expand your actor's toolkit and empower yourself to make informed decisions and inspired choices.
PM: Rhetoric - discover the largely untaught architecture Shakespeare uses to build his characters' thought processes, with an emphasis on developing your pattern-recognition and the ability to wield structure to support strong choices.
TUESDAY
Working The Text - applying rigorous imaginative exercises to deepen our personal connection with the implications of the text beyond the immediate meaning of the language. Crack open the potential of the words to enliven them with your unique take. The emphasis here is on the radically different results the same invitations can bring out from different actors.
WEDNESDAY
Engaging The Audience - work with one another to discover what affects and engages the audience in the room, and how to keep a connection with one another while letting in the people who want to experience the story from the stands.
THURSDAY
Monologues - work in rotation through the tools and skills developed to take a new monologue on a journey from first preparation to final performance, with a sharing at the end of the day.
FRIDAY
Duologues - work in rotation with a scene partner to bring your discoveries to life in the context of a scene, using additional exercises that allow you to enhance your active listening and responsiveness ahead of a sharing at the end of the day. Preparedness breeds spontaneity.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
This course has been created for professional actors. You will be asked to choose a monologue (with consultation) and suggest a scene prior to the start of the course. The course will require all students to be kind and respectful of one another, sustain concentration, and contribute constructive perspectives throughout.
COURSE PERKS:
Gain exclusive access to discounts, supplemental materials and interactive online learning tools.
About Rob Myles:
Robert Myles is a multi-award-winning director, actor, and writer. He has directed all 36 First Folio plays of Shakespeare (to date, the youngest and fastest to achieve the feat), is the author of Innovation & Digital Theatre (Routledge), the creator of The Shakespeare Deck, the host of the Owning Shakespeare Podcast, and has played over 30 Shakespearean roles in Off West End and regional touring productions.
He has worked as a freelance creative lead on innovation projects for multinationals, including Unilever, Diageo, and Johnson & Johnson.
He has spoken at Harvard University, and taught Shakespeare at East15, Royal Conservatoire Scotland, Wolverhampton University and the University of The West Of Scotland. He has given seminars at NYU London, King’s College London, the University of Texas, and many more.
Beyond Shakespeare, Rob is also an action designer and a Certified Teacher with the British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat. He has directed several short films, documentaries, and action for the camera.
He has also explored the role creative technologies can play in the future of live storytelling with Theatre Royal Bath, The Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, and others.
He is currently working toward his PhD in Shakespeare with Liverpool John Moores University.
(http://robmyles.co.uk).
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Theatre Deli, 107 Leadenhall Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 250.00
